Friday, August 29, 2008

Pure Holocaust

Immortal's 1993 album Pure Holocaust. Perhaps the most perfect example of true Norwegian Black Metal there ever was. This is the album I would give to someone who knew nothing about Black Metal but wanted to know more. You have it all here...corpse paint, a bitchin' illegible logo, icy melodies over blizzard-like riffs, lyrics about really cold places, and a mysterious Grieghallen studio production. Really what more could you ask for? And who could resist that cover? It's like a fucking Black Metal Kabuki prom photo, their perfectly coifed manes cascading like waterfalls upon their most formal gauntletry. This is Black Metal in its purest form, yet there are still Pure Holocaust revisionists that say this album never happened, or that it isn't as great as people say. If you already have this, may I suggest you spend some time with it today? If you don't have it, well, what the fuck?

19 comments:

Troy
said...

I didn't have this man,but i like their first one and even like Sons of Northern Darkness.I like "I" alot too.what do you think of them? Hope it is in Mp3,I hope,I hope. Did that Ambush link work? Troy

Indeed. I love all their albums. This one happens to be the clearest example of the Black Metal sound and visual aesthetic I have found. It also has "As The Eternity Opens" which is one of the greatest BM songs ever. Musically I prefer "Blizzard Beasts" for it's fucked up production and totally weird angular Morbid Angel riffing.

Ah a classic slab of frozen tundra black metal! Not a bad album in their discography, some just more destructive and masterful then others. Seeing these guys live was one of the greatest moments of my life! For live black metal bands only Emperor topped em and really with songs like Thus Spake the Nightspirit at their disposal to play I'd expect nothing less.

I saw Emperor twice, the first time without Samoth and the second time with. The second guitar made a big difference for a band with a sound as intricate as theirs. They were noticeably more energetic and obviously much fuller sounding.

hey aesop..did you see emperor at the maritime hall in sf? i was at that show,and what was lame was that the house lights were on the whole time emperor played,which is what killed it for me. that and the jazz bass player with his bass all the way up to his neck and 15 strings on it..not very bm.

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